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Performance credits:
Ronnielong: lead guitar break @ 3:00.
Ian Baird: lyrics, vocals, synth, production, mixing, mastering.
Mason Wolak: music, bass, guitars, drum programming, lead guitar break during intro.
Background: This song began as a soundbed put together by Mason last October. A lyrical theme was arrived at after considerable discussions between Mason and Ian pertaining to the Project for a New American Century. Ronnielong was brought on board as a lead guitarist to complement the songcrafting done by Ian and Mason.
The song explores the murky world of politics along with its connection to the military-industrial complex that presently drives the American economy. The JFK soundbite at the song's end represents a dichotomy in that, on the surface, the quote seems aimed at the (then ongoing) Cold War battle with the USSR, while an underlying theme may have, in fact, centered on existing secret societies such as the infamous Skull-n-Bones. No Secret Revealed leaves it to you, the listener, to decide.
Technical Details: The guitars, bass, and drums were tracked in Mackie’s Tracktion 3 software. Vocals and synth were tracked in Logic 8. The song was mixed and mastered in Logic 8. All rhythm guitars were recorded through a homebuilt TMI 2 Watt Cyclotron guitar amp feeding a Marshal 1936 2X12 cabinet. The cab was mic’d with both a JoeMeek JM37 condenser mic and a Sennheiser e609 dynamic mic, fed into a Mackie Onyx 400F preamp/firewire interface. Bass was recorded D.I. in the Onyx 400F, then processed with IK Multimedia’s Amplitube 2 and Amplitube SVX. Drums were built using the Drumcore plug-in with most midi data coming from the Matt Sorum pack. Fills were programmed manually where needed.
For more information on Mason’s homebuilt TMI cyclotron amp, click here.
Ronnielong: lead guitar break @ 3:00.
Ian Baird: lyrics, vocals, synth, production, mixing, mastering.
Mason Wolak: music, bass, guitars, drum programming, lead guitar break during intro.
Background: This song began as a soundbed put together by Mason last October. A lyrical theme was arrived at after considerable discussions between Mason and Ian pertaining to the Project for a New American Century. Ronnielong was brought on board as a lead guitarist to complement the songcrafting done by Ian and Mason.
The song explores the murky world of politics along with its connection to the military-industrial complex that presently drives the American economy. The JFK soundbite at the song's end represents a dichotomy in that, on the surface, the quote seems aimed at the (then ongoing) Cold War battle with the USSR, while an underlying theme may have, in fact, centered on existing secret societies such as the infamous Skull-n-Bones. No Secret Revealed leaves it to you, the listener, to decide.
Technical Details: The guitars, bass, and drums were tracked in Mackie’s Tracktion 3 software. Vocals and synth were tracked in Logic 8. The song was mixed and mastered in Logic 8. All rhythm guitars were recorded through a homebuilt TMI 2 Watt Cyclotron guitar amp feeding a Marshal 1936 2X12 cabinet. The cab was mic’d with both a JoeMeek JM37 condenser mic and a Sennheiser e609 dynamic mic, fed into a Mackie Onyx 400F preamp/firewire interface. Bass was recorded D.I. in the Onyx 400F, then processed with IK Multimedia’s Amplitube 2 and Amplitube SVX. Drums were built using the Drumcore plug-in with most midi data coming from the Matt Sorum pack. Fills were programmed manually where needed.
For more information on Mason’s homebuilt TMI cyclotron amp, click here.
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Lyrics
The Complex Alive
Lyrics by Ian Baird 2008
PNAC decides
Bring about a new Pearl Harbor keep the complex alive
The Complex Alive
Horus never blinks
Get off on genocide by political priests
They open fire with rubber bullets
Cause they are not yet allowed
To use the real thing
Oh they love the real thing
Make the whole world sting
I don't know where
I don't know where to run to
The planet is wired
The planet is wired for site and sound
Good citizens will rat on thee
And line up for the vaccines
They have the know how to make you clean
and add the bullshit nice and sheen
To hide that they're the same Nazi's
And we have suckled down their disease
I don't know where
I don't know where to run to
On a black and white chess board
they say who goes and who stays
Read the lips, See the grips
Exterminate us like strays
Mountains of flesh for them to move at will
Lyrics by Ian Baird 2008
PNAC decides
Bring about a new Pearl Harbor keep the complex alive
The Complex Alive
Horus never blinks
Get off on genocide by political priests
They open fire with rubber bullets
Cause they are not yet allowed
To use the real thing
Oh they love the real thing
Make the whole world sting
I don't know where
I don't know where to run to
The planet is wired
The planet is wired for site and sound
Good citizens will rat on thee
And line up for the vaccines
They have the know how to make you clean
and add the bullshit nice and sheen
To hide that they're the same Nazi's
And we have suckled down their disease
I don't know where
I don't know where to run to
On a black and white chess board
they say who goes and who stays
Read the lips, See the grips
Exterminate us like strays
Mountains of flesh for them to move at will
Relic67
I'm not well versed in metal but this really sounds like the real thing to me.
sounded sort of industrial a la Prong but that probably just shows how out of date I am.
you guys sound like you would put on a fantastic live show.
nice powerful sounds from all the instruments and vocals.
thanks for posting